Sale 1214 — Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 10-12 December, 2019

Category — Colombia

COLOMBIA, 1859, 10c Orange, 20c Blue (4, 6). Three examples, one 10c and two 20c, large margins to just touching outer frameline on one 20c, each with clear cancellation used in September during first month of issue, 10c dated Sept. 10, 20c dated Sept. 2 and Sept. 11, both 20c with inconsequential thin spots, otherwise Fine-Very Fine, a rare trio with less than a dozen off-cover examples with September 1859 cancels known, Sept. 2 as the earliest known off-cover cancel (the earliest known cancel is a 5c/10c cover dated Sept. 1 that was sold in the "Islander" sale in 2008), one 20c with 2010 Colomphil certificate